Gem and Riffraff

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Gem noun - A usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament.

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Riffraff is an antonym for gem.

Riffraff noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: the sight of piles and piles of riffraff at the town dump was a sobering reminder that we are indeed a society of consumers

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Gem is an antonym for riffraff.

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Riffraff and Gem. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gem/riffraff

Gem & Riffraff. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gem/riffraff>.

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